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June 2016

June 11, 2016

A Witch in Iceland (Part 2: Earth)

Thor's forest, tectonic plates, Icelandic knitting, and more!

June 08, 2016

A Witch in Iceland (Part 1: Water)

On geysers, waterfalls, glaciers, geothermal pools, water monsters, and going from a drought to an...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

“Just Let Me Label You So We Can Stop Arguing” (On Polytheisms, Jewishness, and Identity)

Your semantics issue may be someone else's lived reality.

April 06, 2016

Together We Form the Bodies of the Gods

In order to world our gods, we need disagreement. We need conflicting versions of the...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Privilege Is A Sacred Bubble

Marginalized and minoritized people must constantly navigate around spaces that privileged groups have claimed for...

March 16, 2016

How to Design An Effective Ritual

Using teaching techniques to plan rituals that pop.

March 11, 2016

Morrigan / Anu Devotional Art

March 02, 2016

Thoughts From the Road: Adrenaline, Shapeshifting, and the Purpose of the Witch

All week I kept wondering why I felt so disconnected from the deepest parts of...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

Giving Bullets to the Morrigan

What we choose to offer to a god--and our reason for choosing it--says much more...

February 08, 2016

So, About this CDC Recommendation for Women…

What really galls me is the assumption that biologically female people have absolutely no idea...

February 03, 2016

Enough With All the Exercises: Why Variety Isn’t Better Than Repetition

Like physical exercise, you only get the real benefits of a spiritual exercise after many...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Priestessing Depression: Why are Pagans So Afraid of Negative Emotions?

It’s easy to priestess the good things in life: the soaring mystical experiences, the breathtaking...

January 06, 2016

We Need You, Priestessing: Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Shere’s The Hebrew Priestess

A review of the new book by the founders of the Kohenet Institute.

December 2015

December 31, 2015

2015: The Year I Discovered Adult Coloring Books

A few weeks ago the cards gave me an interesting message: Doing is not the...

December 04, 2015

Another Year, Another Active Shooter Training

Librarians and teachers and shopping mall staff and office workers are forced to be braver...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Imagine a Flying River: Rainforest Deforestation and Capitalism

Want to know what ideas like guaranteed basic income have to do with climate change?...

November 05, 2015

Abuse Is Not Love–And That Goes For Gods, Too

We’ve become conditioned, in our culture, to mistake violence for love. He punched you? He...

October 2015

October 11, 2015

You Are Not Enlightened (On Anger, Trauma, and Spiritual Leaders)

Being a spiritual leader doesn't make you enlightened. Your leadership is a service that you're...

October 01, 2015

Cultural Appropriation, Buddhism, and Compassion

It seems to me that, when oppressed peoples claim a thing exists, the compassionate and...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Ayla, Asherah: A Rosh Hashanah Meditation

I wanted to lose myself in the warm water, let the swells carry me into...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Don’t Listen to Your Gut: Practicing Witchcraft with Anxiety and OCD

Disorders like OCD or chronic anxiety can mimic the instincts and gut feelings that witches...

August 11, 2015

Why I’m Still a Witch

The consequences of me not tending my Morrigan shrine aren't being struck by lightning, or...

July 2015

July 19, 2015

3 Steps to Becoming a Priestess

You can't go wrong with these three easy(?) steps.

July 16, 2015

The Cracks Are How the Light Gets In: On Messing Up

If everything always goes smoothly and without any hiccups, then when do we get to...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Anu Sent Me a Litha Dream

Anu is a goddess of primal love: the deep, pheromone-driven love that makes us pine...

June 10, 2015

Shame and Your Beautiful Cooties

When someone makes a concerted effort to shame you, they're often driven by fear, anxiety,...

June 02, 2015

Feeling Shekhinah

It's all well and good to invoke gods and spirits in elaborate rituals. But it's...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Mad Max and the Morrigan: Saying Hello to Your Violence

If we run away from our violence, it catches up with us, but if we...

May 14, 2015

“If you come to the dark and call, the Morrigan will be there for you:” On Depression and Blood Sacrifice

Sometimes you work with a deity because they embody your ideals. Sometimes you work with...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Los Angeles is not a Desert

We think that, because of the way our outer and inner landscapes have been ravaged...